Gulf oil spill compensation fund proposal blasted by Troy King

View full size(AP Photo/Bob Johnson)Attorney General Troy King called the draft proposal an effort to usurp the powers of the states.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama's attorney general says a proposal for administering the Gulf
oil spill compensation fund is an illegal attempt to limit BP's
liability and an effort to usurp the power of the states.

Attorney
General Troy King received draft nine of the protocol from
administrator Kenneth Feinberg. King says he was shocked the federal
government and BP worked on that many drafts before contacting Gulf
states for input.

King has sent a letter to the president saying
the draft protocol is needlessly complicated and would limit the ability
of Gulf coast residents to recover their losses. King is urging the
president to make Feinberg scrap the draft and replace it with one that
puts Gulf states' citizens first.